Counselor - Campus

Counselor - Campus

Seven Lakes High School, Katy, Texas

The school counselor uses leadership, advocacy, and collaboration to meet students’ developmental, educational, and social‑emotional needs while supporting school staff. The guidance and counseling program consists of four components:
Guidance Curriculum, Individual Planning, Responsive Services, and System Support.

• Provide large and small group guidance lessons, including classroom guidance.
• Conduct small student counseling groups to address specific needs.
• Coordinate peer programs by selecting, instructing, and supervising students serving as peer mentors.
• Assist students in exploring, selecting, and following through on educational, career, and personal goals.
• Use self‑assessment tools, inventories, interviews, and other methods to help students understand their interests and characteristics.
• Conduct group counseling sessions for students experiencing difficulties with normal developmental tasks.
• Provide empathetic individual counseling to identify problems, causes, solutions, and appropriate actions.
• Consult with parents, teachers, school personnel, and community agencies to address and resolve student concerns.
• Maintain current information on self‑exploration, post‑secondary, and career resources, and provide referrals.
• Develop the campus counseling program by assessing needs and designing responsive interventions.
• Collect and analyze data to evaluate program effectiveness and suggest changes.
• Plan and implement staff development related to counseling and social‑emotional learning.
• Develop materials for staff, classroom guidance, and group counseling sessions.
• Plan and lead guidance programs for parents.
• Provide high‑quality customer service to support students and promote the counseling program.

• Master’s degree in counselor education.
• Valid Texas counseling certificate.
• Minimum three years classroom teaching experience.
• Knowledge of counseling theories, ethics, and school counseling procedures, including student appraisal and career development.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to instruct students and manage their behavior.

Maintain emotional control under stress; moderate lifting may be required.

Interactive white board, computer, printer, copier, overhead projector, DVD/VCR, cellular phone, and other emerging technologies.

Full‑time, exempt, Pay Grade I01.